Many regional developments to watch right now, most of them being closely interlinked - Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, the Annapolis meeting...
Worrying developments for Iran, in the shadow of the current crisis, are these, on the situation for women's rights activists.
Lebanon worries many right now, also here in the Gulf. No deal was made yesterday, reports Svenska Dagbladets Bitte Hammargren...
A Swedish angle on Iraq comes here - the possibilities to fly directly to the north are quite significant for many.
Expressens Anna Dahlberg follows Aftonbladets Johanne Hildebrandt in blogging directly from a trip to Iraq. As I have said before, I admire her for going to the scene to find out for herself. The same writer here on the upcoming Annapolis meeting, certainly not too hopeful. Important Arab countries such as the Saudis will attend though, reports BBC.
Swedish radio here investigates the consequences of the war threat for ordinary citizens in affected areas, this time in Turkey's south-east. Surprise! - the poor get poorer....
A voice on elections in Jordan also, to fill out the picture.
Helle Klein of Aftonbladet writes wisely on the roles of religion for peace and reconcilation - a topic no less important now than in the process she describes.
On this note, I really hope our prime minister spoke his mind clearly when met by comments such as these by French president Sarkozy...
On a more general level but no less poignant is this BBC story on financing of jihadists by oil money...
Also general and current is this Dagens Nyheter op-ed on the common historic denominators of our world's wars. It seems that British decolonization has left us quite a legacy to tidy up - and I'm not sure we are doing a better job of it now, unfortunately... Burma was mentioned in the previous link, and I was saddened by these news, indicating that commercial interests take precedence over people and politics.
And here an insightful angle on the Swedish debate on the anti-prostitution law, uniquely penalizing buying, not selling, sex.
But for something completely different, a Svenska Dagbladet story on an ancient shipwreck found in Swedish waters! Another historic find, this time in Rome, is shown here, the cave of Romulus and Remus.
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